Russian banker German Gorbuntsov, who was shot up to six times with a sub-machine gun outside his apartment on Byng Street near London's Canary Wharf district, is under armed guard in hospital for fear of reprisal attacks.

There are rafts of statistics about how well the shops are doing at Heathrow's Terminal 5. Did you know, for instance, that the Thomas Pink outlet there sells enough ties per month to twice cover the length of the building? Or that the Dixons store has sold batteries which, if stacked together, would be 15 times higher than Canary Wharf?

Abdulla Ahmed Ali, who was found guilty of conspiring to kill hundreds of people Islamic extremist Abdulla Ahmed Ali has been found guilty of conspiring to kill hundreds of people in a terrorist bombing campaign. The 27-year-old was the leader of an east London al Qaida-inspired terror cell, a jury at Woolwich Crown Court found. […]

Commuters will have other options than the tube across London The go-ahead for the biggest transport project in Britain since the construction of the Channel Tunnel was welcomed by campaigners yesterday. The long-awaited Â£16billion Crossrail scheme â originally shelved in the 1990s over its cost â will create an east-west rail route across London. Ministers […]

Distinctively smooth premium vodka Smirnoff Black is offering you the chance to win a year's supply of vodka to share with friends, and a pair of tickets to the VIP launch night of the Hugo Boss store in Canary Wharf at 6:30 on April 3rd.

See anywhere to land? The Red Arrows It was a lunch break that passed with flying colours thanks to an ear-splitting display of aerobatics. Workers enjoying a breath of fresh air and even a glimpse of sunshine were entertained by a Red Arrows fly-past wishing the RAF a happy 90th birthday. Plumes of smoke in […]

The Red Arrows help mark the 90th anniversay of RAF The Royal Air Force has celebrated its 90th anniversary with a fly-past of Red Arrows and Typhoons. The event involved a Red Arrows flight in formation with four Typhoon aircraft along the River Thames to the London Eye to mark the actual birthday. It started […]

World famous Red Arrows Workers in central London will be treated to a spectacular lunchtime fly-past by the RAF’s Red Arrows tomorrow. Spectators can expect to see 13 jets streak along the Thames in a ­dramatic skyline display to mark the Air Force’s 90th ­anniversary. The one-off flypast, which will ­include four new Typhoon aircraft, […]

Tony Blair sought secret meetings with IRA leaders, his former chief of staff said Tony Blair was so determined to secure a Northern Ireland peace deal that he sought secret meetings with IRA leaders, his former chief of staff said. Jonathan Powell said the former Prime Minister was convinced he could use talks to persuade […]

Kleber Afonso surveys the damage to his house following the tremor A “significant” earthquake hit the UK early this morning resulting in at least one injury and damage likely to be in excess of £10m. In Wombwell, South Yorkshire, a 19-year-old man was left with a suspected broken pelvis after masonry crashed into his bedroom […]